Chapter 239

Valeria’s Pov

It’s been a week now since the kids and I came back to California, and though I tried to convince myself it would be easy this time, it hasn’t exactly been a bed of roses.

Silas’s parents were still cold toward me, like they were merely tolerating my existence under their roof. I’d gotten used to their judging stares at breakfast and the forced smiles at dinner. It hurt, but I had to